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[Interview] Why Is Nobody Talking About Multi-Stage Interstellar Spaceships?
Interstellar travel might not be as impossible as most people think. Especially if we adopt the multi-stage approach that we already use in everyday …
1 year, 11 months ago
[Space Bites] China's Space Junk // Graphene on the Moon // Best Meteor Shower Is Here
It’s time for the Perseids meteor shower, Gaia has found hundreds of asteroid moons, Starliner is still in question, and where does the Moon’s atmosp…
1 year, 11 months ago
[Interview] How Simulated Observations Help Future Telescopes
Future telescopes like Vera Rubin and Nancy Grace Roman will generate a lot of data. This will be a big challenge. To get ready for it astronomers us…
1 year, 11 months ago
[Q&A] Things Falling Into Black Holes, Interstellar Medium, Beyond Science
What happens to the stuff that falls into black holes? Do supergiants have sunspots? How can you do a gravitational slingshot from the Sun? Answering…
1 year, 11 months ago
[Interview] When Will James Webb Finally Reveal the TRAPPIST-1 Atmospheres Results?
TRAPPIST-1 is one of the most interesting systems out there. JWST did observe them but we still don't have the results from all of them. Why is that …
2 years ago
[Space Bites] Dark Oxygen in Deep Ocean // Solar Cycles // Starliner Suspense
We’ve learned much more from the DART mission, dark oxygen is being generated at the bottom of the ocean, Starliner is almost ready to come home, and…
2 years ago
[Bonus] Discussing Starship's Fifth Test Flight with John Michael Godier
John Michael Godier and Universe Today's Fraser Cain discuss the exciting developments in space exploration, focusing on Spacex and the upcoming fift…
2 years ago
[Overtime Q&A] Expanding Universe, Starship Telescopes, Quasi Stars VS Black Holes
What happened at the earliest stages of the Universe and what is it expanding into? Can they just put a telescope inside a Starship? Why do I like th…
2 years ago
[Interview] Fluids Get Really Weird In Space. NIAC 2024
Fluids behave very differently in space. We can make good use of it. For example, a recent NIAC grant was awarded to investigate a Magnetohydrodynami…
2 years ago
[Space Bites] GAIA Damaged // Possible Signs of Life on Mars // Lava Tubes Mapped
Gaia was hit by a micrometeoroid and a solar storm, mapping a lunar lava tube from space, both Mars rovers found fascinating rocks, and a direct imag…
2 years ago